Description

Coverlet. Point twill, perhaps by Wilhelm Magnus Werlich. Banded in dark blue, pale red, and old gold wools on natural cotton ground. Pattern based on panels of 9 conjoining squares, central one patterned with dark blue lozenges on lattice ground, on each side 3 blue bars divided by white, above and below, 3 broken red bars divided by old gold, at each corner, 9 small voided panels (with 4 red spots) divided vertically by red, and horizontally by old gold. Linear and chevron borders down both sides and across lower edge. Centre seam. Remains of pattern weft fringe down both sides. According to former ROM curators Harold and Dorothy Burnham. The draft and tie-up for this type of coverlet can be found in the pattern book of Wilhelm Magnus Werlich, and the few that have been found have been ascribed to him; All that are known from Ontario have a history linking them with Preston where he lived and worked.